Scorching, explosive energy filled the secluded chamber. The terrifying heat had already warped the air throughout the room, and the temperature was still climbing.
On the large bed in the center of the chamber, Gu Xun'er sat cross-legged, her eyes tightly shut and her delicate brows slightly furrowed. Her slender body trembled faintly, her soft pink lips pressed together and her teeth clenched. A trace of ferocity appeared on her exquisitely beautiful face, marring its perfect, gentle contours.
A faint crimson flush spread over her swanlike neck. Her fair, delicate fingers constantly shifted through cultivation seals, while deep green flames radiating intense vitality enveloped her entire body.
As the seals in Gu Xun'er's hands changed, that immense vitality surged into her body alongside the violent fire-attribute energy in the surrounding air.
The moment the energy entered her body, it scoured every limb and bone, sweeping through her meridians, bones, muscles, and blood as it continually remolded her physique.
"Ngh..."
Although gentle life energy aided her, the pain of remolding her flesh and cleansing impurities from every part of her body still forced a muffled groan from Gu Xun'er, despite her now unshakable will. Her brows knitted even tighter.
The energy rampaging through her body was far too violent. Even as the Life Spirit Flame's abundant life force ceaselessly repaired the bones and meridians that the violent energy damaged, it gradually began falling behind the pace of destruction.
This violent energy was the portion of Dou Sheng-level energy separated from the Life Spirit Flame. Although Gu Xun'er had the help of a Dou Sheng from the Gu Clan, she could not truly refine a Life Spirit Flame containing energy at that level. However gentle it might be, it was still utterly terrifying to her.
Thus, Gu Xun'er had asked Gu Juan